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All Fact-checks for Terrorism

Instagram posts

dicho el Abril 13, 2024 en a video

The Sydney mall attacker is a “Zionist” who targeted Jewish people so that people would think the attacker was Muslim.

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dicho el Marzo 23, 2024 en an X post

“It is a fact that Obama created ISIS.”

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dicho el Marzo 22, 2024 en an X post

A March 7 U.S. security alert … means the U.S. was “behind this gruesome terror attack on Russian civilians.”

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dicho el Marzo 26, 2024 en an X post

The ship that struck a Baltimore bridge “was cyber-attacked.”

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dicho el Enero 23, 2024 en a Facebook post

Video shows a convicted terrorist, Movsum Samadov, coming to the U.S. through the southern border.

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dicho el Enero 9, 2024 en en una publicación enTikTok

"Ecuador firma acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para obtener presencia militar debido a los recientes acontecimientos por parte de delicuentes."

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dicho el Noviembre 22, 2023 en una publicación en Facebook

"Ataque terrorista islámico confirmado cerca de la frontera con Canadá en el puente del Arco Iris en las cataratas del Niágara".

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National Republican Senatorial Committee

dicho el Noviembre 8, 2023 en an ad

Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “voted to send hundreds of millions to Iran” to bankroll “radicals like Hezbollah and Hamas.”

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Instagram posts

dicho el Noviembre 1, 2023 en an Instagram post

“Jews did 9/11.”

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Vivek Ramaswamy

dicho el Octubre 28, 2023 en an address to the Republican Jewish Coalition

“Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”

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dicho el Octubre 9, 2023 en a Truth Social post

“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”

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dicho el Octubre 7, 2023 en a post on X

The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.

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dicho el Septiembre 11, 2023 en a Facebook video

“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”

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Instagram posts

dicho el Septiembre 12, 2023 en an Instagram reel

Video shows a missile hitting the Pentagon on 9/11.

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Instagram posts

dicho el Julio 18, 2023 en an Instagram post

No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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dicho el Junio 18, 2023 en a TV interview

“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”

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dicho el Octubre 30, 2022 en an interview on Meet the Press

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

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Instagram posts

dicho el Septiembre 12, 2022 en a video

A CNN report on 9/11 proved that a plane never hit the Pentagon.

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Instagram posts

dicho el Septiembre 12, 2022 en an image

“No plane debris was found at the Pentagon.”

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dicho el Septiembre 11, 2022 en a photo on Facebook

Says of 9/11, “Two planes can’t cause three buildings to collapse in free-fall time.”

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Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.?

Are there really Chinese sleeper cells operating in the U.S.?

Por Conor Amendola • Abril 29, 2024

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

No evidence of rising LGBTQ+ violent extremism or 'trans terrorism'

Por Grace Abels • Febrero 26, 2024

Ask PolitiFact: How many people on the terrorist watchlist are coming into the United States?

Ask PolitiFact: How many people on the terrorist watchlist are coming into the United States?

Por Maria Ramirez Uribe • Octubre 27, 2023

‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say

‘Special interest alien’ designation is based largely on a person's country of origin, experts say

Por Madison Czopek • Septiembre 21, 2023

No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

Por Grace Abels • Marzo 31, 2023

What we know about Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, why Joe Biden traded him to free Brittney Griner

What we know about Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, why Joe Biden traded him to free Brittney Griner

Por Tom Kertscher • Diciembre 8, 2022

Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise

Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise

Por Matthew Crowley • Noviembre 16, 2022

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

Por Bill McCarthy • Noviembre 5, 2021

Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war

Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war

Por Noah Y. Kim • Septiembre 23, 2021

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

Por Bill McCarthy • Septiembre 9, 2021

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

Por Miriam Valverde • Marzo 22, 2021

ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How a viral post misleads on Biden's first days in office

ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How a viral post misleads on Biden's first days in office

Por Samantha Putterman • Enero 26, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

Por Miriam Valverde • Octubre 27, 2020

GOP again tries to brand Spanberger with 'Terrorist High' ad

Por Warren Fiske • Octubre 12, 2020

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

Por Bill McCarthy • Septiembre 30, 2020

A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking

A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking

Por Louis Jacobson • Agosto 7, 2020

Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing

Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing

Por Miriam Valverde • Julio 29, 2020

Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield

Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield

Por Warren Fiske • Junio 15, 2020

Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it

Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it

Por Miriam Valverde • Junio 1, 2020

Latest promises about Terrorism

Enact domestic terrorism law

Close parts of the Internet where ISIS is

Call for an international conference to defeat ISIS

Develop a plan to defeat ISIS in 30 days

Keep Guantanamo Bay Detention Center open

Establish regulations to secure chemical plants

Restrict warrantless wiretaps

Revise the Patriot Act to increase oversight on government surveillance

We will crush al-Qaida

Improve port security through better radiation detection

Spend $5 billion over three years on cooperative programs with foreign intelligence agencies

Restore habeas corpus rights for "enemy combatants"

Load more promises about Terrorism